I cannot believe some of the suggestions.
Harry is not going to change players now- he should have done mid-season to give players a rest and for rotation purposes. He didn't and he won't risk it now. We complain about round pegs in sqare holes with regard playing Modric on the wing and now people suggesting Walker as CB. sorry but I just don't see it-even if he did play there for Northhampton how long ago was it and against what sort of opposition. It will be Nelsen, that's why we brought him in. We also need all the experience we have against a team who will be fired up and who have beaten Chelsea and Arsenal.
Barton, SWP and Zamora can take control if we let them.
The team that starts will be very similar to Sunday. Possibly a DM (either Sandro or Jake) in place of Lennon and Nelsen to replace King.
As for the suggestion that Sandro can play CB- he would get a red card within minutes and give away a penalty.
well said B&W.
In addition, the game against QPR is such a vital one, why would we change our lineup in such a crunch match, bearing in mind arsenal and chelsea are playing each other?. I think it was totsfan who made quite an optimistic post about catching arsenal for 3rd. - it's not a bad call to be honest.
only chelsea or arsenal can take 3 points, not both of them. secondly, if they draw, it's 2 points lost for each team.
Therefore if we win and arsenal lose, we're 2 points behind with a game in hand.
if we win and both arsenal and chelsea draw, we'll be 3 points behind arsenal with a game in hand, and 4 points ahead of chelsea
If we win and arsenal win, we're still 5 points behind arsenal with a game in hand, but chelsea are 5 points behind us again.
Arsenal's next game is Stoke away and chelsea have Liverpool very soon.
The only potential spanner in the works... Newcastle.... who are on fire.
we
have to win. all this talk of youngsters coming in and other players playing out of position, filling gaps because we're not happy with a few performances of late, is utterly ludicrous at this stage of the season. rotation was needed months ago, not now. might as well stick with it for 5 games.
friedel, walker, gallas, nelsen, benny, lennon, modric, parker, bale, vdv, ade.
don't get me wrong here chaps, i've been a misery guts and thrown my toys out of the pram recently, but it ain't over till it's over!!!